"A World Community of Old Trees" is the research component of my
recently completed doctoral dissertation, Ecology Art Education On-Line. To
my knowledge, it is the first study in the discipline of art education to use
the World Wide Web to transmit and receive data for doctoral research.
First launched on the World Wide Web on February 9, 1996, the project is
now almost two years old. It continues to serve as an open digital space to
receive the input of hundreds of tree enthusiasts from all over the world. To
date, the three major sections of the project, TREE GALLERY, TREE
MUSEUM, and TREE TALK, include well over 100 separate Web pages with
contributions of text, imagery, and digital multimedia from persons of all
ages, from 21 states and 18 countries. My research objective was to examine
the potential of the World Wide Web as a medium of communication and
exchange for ecology art education. In the following links, I have included
excerpts from the <A HREF="http://www.nyu.edu/projects/julian/intro.html">Introduction</A> and <A HREF="http://www.nyu.edu/projects/julian/conclusion.html">Conclusion</A> chapters of my dissertation.